Long-Term Hostages Tend to Identify with Their Captor's Point of View

question 10

Multiple Choice

Long-term hostages tend to identify with their captor's point of view over time and voluntarily comply with their demands.This phenomenon is called

• A)going native.
• B)Stockholm syndrome.
• C)Belgian illusion.
• D)prisoner's dilemma.

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Definitions:

Oral Character

A personality type in psychoanalytic theory associated with issues in the oral stage of development, such as dependency.

Phallic Stage

In psychoanalytic theory, the stage of psychosexual development from about 4 to 7 years of age in which the physical focus of the libido is the penis (for boys) and its absence (for girls).

Latency Period

A stage in psychosexual development, proposed by Freud, occurring from about age six to puberty, characterized by a decrease in sexual interest and activity.

Psychosexual Stages

Freud's theory on the stages of psychological development in childhood, each associated with a different erogenous zone.